Bernie Rhodenbarr is the protagonist of the Burglar series of comic mystery novels by Lawrence Block. He first appeared in Burglars Can't Be Choosers, published in 1977; as of 2024, he has appeared in twelve novels by Block, as well as three short stories. H. R. F. Keating described him as "one of the most delectable characters of the day", and "inimitable",[1] while The New York Times called him "the Heifetz of the picklock"[2] and a "timeless (...) treasure".[3]
^Whodunit? A Guide to Crime, Suspense & Spy Fiction, edited by H. R. F. Keating; published 1982 by Van Nostrand Reinhold; p. 124-125
^CRIME, in The New York Times; published October 23, 1977
^CRIME, by Marilyn Stasio, in The New York Times; published December 24, 1995
BernieRhodenbarr is the protagonist of the Burglar series of comic mystery novels by Lawrence Block. He first appeared in Burglars Can't Be Choosers...
recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar BernieRhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America...
(2020) The Burglar who Met Fredric Brown (2022) There are also three BernieRhodenbarr short stories: "Like a Thief in the Night" (Cosmopolitan, May 1983)...
novel The Burglar in the Library (1997). The burglar of the title is BernieRhodenbarr, who has booked a weekend at an English-style country house just to...
Lawrence Block's BernieRhodenbarr novels, feature a role reversal, an honest criminal and crooked cop, and the use of burglar Rhodenbarr's criminal talents...
Doubloon, in 1947. It is also mentioned in Lawrence Block's 1980 BernieRhodenbarr mystery The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza and John Bellairs's 1992 The...
(1999) in his series on burglar BernieRhodenbarr. The plot focuses on an auction of a reclusive writer's letters, and Bernie works to track down the character...
Robbery (1975). Miss Eula Goodnight from Rooster Cogburn (1975). BernieRhodenbarr, narrator of a novel series by Lawrence Block, created in 1977. Felicia...
film My Pal, the King (1932). Anatruria: Balkanic kingdom in the BernieRhodenbarr novel The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart. Andalasia: The cartoon...
was based on the novels of Lawrence Block about fictional burglar BernieRhodenbarr. His collaborators were Weisman and Hugh Wilson. The film was atypical...
$100,000 Nickel." A 1913 Liberty Head nickel is also featured in the BernieRhodenbarr novel "The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza" by Lawrence Block. A missing...
successful series with the characters Chip Harrison, Matthew Scudder and BernieRhodenbarr who all debuted in the 1970s. Though Block had published prolifically...
not exist; the name was borrowed by Lawrence Block and used in his BernieRhodenbarr mysteries. Wolfe serves Remisier brandy or Follansbee's gin to guests...
BernieRhodenbarr's Manx cat in Lawrence Block's "Burglar" series of mystery novels, first appearing in The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams. Bernie is...
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